Dear Mr. Scudder: -
I must add another word
in answer to your question of the
other day.  There are some ethical
questions which I should like to
treat in the A's; but I am not
sure of my power to do so as I
want.  One such question, - responsibi-
lity to past and future - I have
thought of dealing with under the
head "A Woman".  If you have
any inclination to make a sug-
gestion at any time, it might
be very useful, - though I could
only promise to obey it if it
made a certain kind of appeal
of itself.
My project for 1897
may interest you.  I am hoping
to make a volume dealing largely
with Tokyo life, - one of the first
papers "Shosei" to deal with
some unsuspected & extraordinary
facts of student life in the capital.






"The Romance of a University" should be
the subject of another.  There I
mention only because of material
already in hand.  A paper
on Izumo days, long unfinished,
may develop soon into fitness.
Faithfully yours
Lafcadio Hearn
(Y. Koizumo)
Jan 3rd  '97
H.E.S.





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